Heterozygous condition may produce imbalances in the amounts of gene products similar to those produced by extra gene copies.

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In the Descending part of the thin segment 

About 20 percent of the filtered water is reabsorbed

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The ascending limb, both the thin & the thick segments

is virtually impermeable to water, a characteristic that is important for concentrating the urine.

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The thin segment of the ascending limb has a much lower reabsorptive capacity than does the thick segment.

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Thick segment of the ascending limb of loop of Henle, has thick epithelial cells that have high metabolic activity and are capable of active reabsorption of sodium, chloride, and potassium

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About 25 percent of the filtered loads of sodium, chloride, and potassium are reabsorbed in thick segment of the ascending limb of loop of Henle

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An important component of solute reabsorption in the thick ascending limb is the sodium-potassium ATPase pump in the epithelial cell basolateral membranes.